Sadly Counter closed down in June 2017. Let’s hope they reopen.
The Kennington brunch revolution continues as new arrival Counter offer all-day brunch until 5pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
We made it along recently and were impressed by the quality of the food despite a few teething troubles.
This is banana stuffed French toast, crispy bacon, and maple syrup. Our waiter told us it couldn’t be served without bacon, although he later conceded it could. Plus the bacon wasn’t really crispy after all. But the French toast was great and definitely New York-style in the sense that it was more of a loaf than a slice:
This is buttermilk pancakes, blueberries, creme fraiche and vanilla syrup. Yes we got a bit over-excited and started eating before taking the photos:
This is habanero scramble, brioche, pumpkin seeds, spring onions and chilli ketchup. Tasty:
Another small gripe: they claim to serve fresh mint tea but actually serve peppermint teabags which is very different. Message to Counter: fresh mint tea is just fresh mint and hot water – you can do it.
But we’ll forgive them because the food is so tasty and there was live jazz on a Sunday:
For more info on Counter see our original piece here.
They serve some of the brunch dishes for breakfast on weekdays. Menus here.
In slightly less exciting news I see that a Greggs is opening in the BP garage opposite Tesco on Kennington Lane…
Yes we saw that. It doesn’t really fit with our vision for Kennington but one of us did used to be a closet fan of their steak bakes.
“our vision for Kennington”
What a cunt that makes you sound………….would you get rid of all the black people too?
Hi zzzz
We set up this blog to celebrate the nice things about Kennington and encourage more of them to open. There are already Greggs in nearby areas like Waterloo, Brixton and Walworth so this new arrival is not really adding to the diversity of the area. So forgive us if we don’t cover it here.